WEBVTT DAN: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I’M DAN GREEN. ERIN: AND I’M ERIN CLARK. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH GROWING THREATS AS WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, . YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, AND IT IS HARD NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVASTATION. THEY HAVE FORCED THOUSANDS FROM THEIR HOMES. AND FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES, THEIR HOMES ARE ALREADY GONE. DAN: ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS, THE CARR FIRE. IT HAS BEEN BURNING FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK NOW. IT STARTED IN SHASTA COUNTY AND HAS SPREAD INTO TRINITY COUNTY. BUT, THE TIDE SEEMS TO BE TURNING IN THIS FIRE, THOUGH. ERIN: VERY DESTRUCTIVE, THE FIRE HAS NOW BURNED MORE THAN 98,000 ACRES. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, AT LEAST 723 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, 153 DAMAGED AND 5 ,000 MORE ARE STILL THREATENED. CONTAINMENT STANDS AT 20% . DAN: CAL FIRE IS RE-OPENING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT OTHER HOMES ARE STILL IN THE BURN ZONE. ACTION NEWS REPORTER MIKE LUERY WITH A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND IN REDDIN >> TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION OF T CARR FIRE, WERE HUNDREDS OF HOMES LIKE THIS ON HER BURNED TO THE GROUND. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA ARE NOW WAITING TO LEARN WHEN AND IF THERE IS A HOUSE TO RETURN TO. WALLY HUNTER TOLD US TODAY HE WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO EVACUATE, I WAITED UNTIL I HAD SHIVERS UP MY SPINE BEFORE I LEFT. SO I’M GLAD TO BE OUT OF THERE AND WISH I COULD GO BACK NOW THAT THE FIRE’S GONE REPORTER: BUT MANY EVACUEES RAN INTO ROAD BLOCKS LIKE THIS ONE TODAY WHEN TRYING TO GO HOME. IT IS BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN WHAT CAL FIRE CONSIDERS TO BE AN ACTIVE BURN ZONE. >> THERE WAS STILL SOME FIRE ACTIVITY. A LOT OF RESOURCES COMING IN TO RE-ENERGIZE LINES. FIRE ENGINES GOING IN AND STILL DOING MOP UP, SO IT IS JUST A DANGEROUS AREA FOR RESIDENTS. THEY NEED TO BE KEPT OUTCOME UNFORTUNATELY. REPORTER: KEPT WAITING IS THE OUT, AND NOW, FINDING THAT THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART. >> THE ANXIETY OF GETTING BACK HOME AND UNDER MY OWN ROOF AND GETTING MY PETS HOME, GETTING MY KIDS HOME AND SHOWERING AND SLEEPING IN MY OWN BED. REPORTER: WITH MORE THAN 700 HOMES BURNED LIKE THIS ONE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE NO WHERE TO GO, OTHER ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT IS STILL STANDING LIKE THIS ON WHICH IS FULLY INTACT. A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY THESE FIRES ARE CALLED WILDFIRES. MIKE LUERY, KSBW ACTION NEWS 8 ERIN: WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED OVER THE WEEKEND. HE’S THE SECOND FIREFIGHTER KILLED FIGHTING THE FERGUSON FIRE, BURNING NEAR YOSEMITE. 33-YEAR-OLD BRIAN HUGHES WAS HIT BY A FALLING TREE. HUGHES WAS BORN IN HAWAII, BUT HAD BEEN WITH THE ARROWHEAD INTER-AGENCY HOTSHOTS FOR 4 YEARS. THIS MORNING, HIS COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT THE MAN HE WA >> CARING, KIND, GREGARIOUS AND SO HOPEFUL IN HIS OUTLOOK, JUST INFECTIOUS IN THAT WAY AND HIS PERSONALITY. HE JUST MAGNETIZED PEOPLE, PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO HIM AND HE WAS SO WELL EQUIPPED FOR THE ROLE OF CAP TEEN AND MAINTAINING THE CAPABILITY AND THE TIGHTKNIT REQUIREMENT OF THAT TEAM. ERIN: THE FERGUSON FIRE HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 56,000 ACRES. IT’S 30% CONTAINE